Varsha K S
Bengaluru
Summary
Proven leader with exemplary workplace focus and productivity. Committed to maintaining efficiency and excellent quality. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive company success. Focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Manager
TiVo Tech India Ltd [Xperi]
Bangalore
09.2016 - Current
- Leading end to end project deliverables
- Driving planning meetings, reviews (demo) and retrospective meetings
- Identification of Risks and Gaps in project and product development cycle
- Testing and performance execution during sprint cycles and release cycles
- Managed daily workflow of team members to meet organizational goals.
- Acquire knowledge of all areas of metadata (including, but not limited to scheduling, content, channel lineup, rich media, matching) to provide solutions to problems/issues and make recommendations on how to avoid such problems in the future
- Prepare SOP in confluence for Team’s and Stakeholder’s reference
- Identifying Bugs, highlighting, tracking, and resolving through JIRA Tickets.
- Tracked project milestones and communicated updates to stakeholders.
- Conducted regular performance reviews with direct reports.
- Identified opportunities for process improvements and increased efficiency.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop annual operational plans.
- Interviewed prospective employees and provided input to HR on hiring decisions.
- Evaluated individual and team business performance and identified opportunities for improvement.
Product Lead
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
01.2016 - 08.2016
- Manage the Market Place Listing Operations for Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd
- Acted as liaison between business, sales, and IT teams to refine the product and incorporate features based on market demands
- Responsible and accountable for managing all aspects of catalog creation, designing, expansion and improving the process using technology and automation
- Maintained TAT at less than 99% (06 hours) for listing creation, creating 15000 SKU listings in a day with quality maintained at 100%
- Created and maintained the solution vision, roadmap, and backlog of work through the Products life cycle
- Monitor, Test the sprints and Give Feedback.
- Facilitated brainstorming sessions among team members aimed at generating innovative ideas.
- Regularly facilitated performance evaluations with my direct reports.
Product Lead
Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
03.2014 - 12.2015
- Manage the Catalogue Operations for General Merchandise unit of Flipkart
- Build the roadmap for website creation, test the launch of products, and resolve bugs
- Analyze category & product performance in terms volumes, product page views, improvements in catalogue
- Work with various internal teams (e.g., supply chain, fulfilment center, system teams) to help drive tools and process improvements that affect vendor management workflows Testing and performance execution during sprint cycles and release cycles
- Understand the requirement of Clients in terms of product, perform customer research, feedback, and competitive analysis to identify product requirements
- Preparing high level test scenarios and performed internal review of test cases
- Expertise in Bug verification and closing of bug using JIRA/Salesforce
- Sharing Test reports and Observations with Stakeholders
- Scheduling regular calls/meetings with Stakeholders and other teams to understand the requirements and documents the minutes of meetings.
Senior Merchandiser
Tesco, HSC
Bangalore
01.2008 - 10.2013
- Coordinating with the on-site buyers and merchandisers to ensure that all products launch on time
- Support development and management of new and existing product lines
- Product setup & product maintenance in Oracle Retail Management System
- Ensure Promotions/Offers are loaded on time in Oracle Retail Management System
- Prepare weekly reports to highlight the performance and send to Category Directors
- Help buyers to do trend analysis and assist in the decision making to finalize the range
- Managing stock levels at both stores & warehouse by analysing the under stocked & Over stocked products
- Weekly calls with the stakeholders in UK to discuss any issues and prioritize work for the week
- Periodic Process Reviews with Stakeholders
- Establishing and maintaining supplier relationships
- Solving Supplier issues and queries such as Quality & Barcode issues, Quantity amendments, refusals at warehouse, booking & delivery issues
- Maintaining 100% availability during Catalogue launches and range changes Ensuring website is up to date with all products information including the removal of discontinued products and providing alternate products for Out-of-stock lines Reduce the number of out of stock lines by timely reviewing them
- Provide Fast Moving & Slow-Moving stock analysis to the central planners to initiate appropriate actions like promotion, markdown or discounts.
Education
BBM -
Bangalore University - Bangalore
06.2007
Certification - Data Science
IIIT-B
BengaluruSkills
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Performance Management
- Team Management
- Content Management
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Change Management
Websites
Languages
- English
- Kannada
- Hindi
Accomplishments
Invited to speak on the LinkedIn Live platform about "Empowering Tech Teams: Exploring How Women Drive Innovation Through Diversity"!
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Associate Manager
TiVo Tech India Ltd [Xperi]
09.2016 - Current
Product Lead
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
01.2016 - 08.2016
Product Lead
Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd
03.2014 - 12.2015
Senior Merchandiser
Tesco, HSC
01.2008 - 10.2013
BBM -
Bangalore University - Bangalore
Certification - Data Science
IIIT-B
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